We find in the commentaries, written by our
predecessors, that day had thirty-two hours. 177For when the sun had run its course, and
reached the tenth hour, and the shadow had gone down by the ten degrees
in the house of the temple, the sun turned back again by the ten
degrees, according to the word of the Lord, and there were thus twenty
hours. And again, the sun accomplished its own proper course,
according to the common law, and reached its setting. And thus
there were thirty-two hours.12811281
Hippolytus wrote on Isaiah with the view of making the most of the
favourable disposition entertained by the Emperor Alexander Severus
towards the Christians, and particularly on that part where the
retrogression of the sun is recorded as a sign of an extension of life
to Hezekiah.

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Hippolytus wrote on Isaiah with the view of making the most of the
favourable disposition entertained by the Emperor Alexander Severus
towards the Christians, and particularly on that part where the
retrogression of the sun is recorded as a sign of an extension of life
to Hezekiah.